From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 13:46:56 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote:
>
> >Hey, the right wingers and libertarian former right-wingers
> >should have a zingy nickname analogous to hippy-dippy.
>
> None of this makes much sense to the non-USian. I'm guessing some smug
> right-wing radio motor-mouth coined `hippy-dippy' as an brilliantly amusing
> slur? If so, there's a problem:
>
> `hippy' means broad-assed, perhaps more plausibly exemplified in Republican
> enclaves like Florida, yes? (Although I'm sure plenty of Democrat black
> mommas in Harlem might be on the hefty side, too.)
>
> `hippie' means Doors-loving, tie-died skinny doods with like a joint in one
> corner of the mouth, no?
Hippie or Hippy, they are generally exchangable in your second
definition. Nobody uses 'hippy' as you describe in the first case,
though the hippo phenomenon of hefty women in spandex is actually
typical of welfare islands, i.e. Democrats, whether they be black or
white trash seems rather immateriel, and age is increasingly a
non-factor as well, to the evident detriment of the rest of us...
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